Economia circular aplicada por empresas brasileiras : uma revisão da literatura

Abstract

Human aggression to nature worries part of society, especially when it involves the production of urban solid waste (MSW). The Circular Economy (CE) can appear as a strategy in the search for a solution to this problem. Therefore, the objective of this study was to analyze the contributions of some of the main national publications on the Circular Economy for the optimization of processes in Brazilian companies. Regarding the methodology, the work is quantitative and descriptive, having as a technical procedure the type of bibliographical research, through a systemic review. For this, a survey was made of works in the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (BDTD) whose central theme was the Circular Economy. As a result, 243 papers published in the period from 2015 to 2022 were found, with 171 dissertations and 72 theses. After this filtering, the second group served as the universe for a more in-depth analysis, as these are works with greater depth on the subject and more discerning methodological criteria. The theses published by the University of São Paulo (USP) were then chosen, as it was the one that most published this type of work with the chosen theme, reaching 11 theses. Continuing, a more in-depth analysis was carried out, reaching 5 works analyzed, whose central theme was selected. A limitation found concerns some theses (6) that dealt with CE in a secondary way, not detailing the benefits and possible barriers during its implementation. As suggestions for future studies, it would be interesting to apply and test indices, indicators and management models pointed out in the analyzed works. Research involving schools and communities would also be important, facilitating the insertion of the aforementioned economic model. Finally, it is concluded that it is necessary to strengthen the idea that the current economic model cannot last for a long time, causing essential resources to run out.